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Sound Edge Application Software

The MIDI Soft Keyboard

The MIDI soft keyboard simulates a MIDI keyboard controller. As with an ordinary MIDI keyboard,

you need to set the MIDI send channels before using the MIDI soft keyboard. The MIDI soft

keyboard is convenient because it enables you to easily play the keyboard in order to audition

sounds (for example, when editing wave data) without connecting an external MIDI keyboard.

£You can use the MIDI soft keyboard to play the internal generators or wave data in accordance with the MIDI

parameter settings, regardless of the wave editing window or the Mapping window.

1. Click the [Keyboard] menu. The MIDI soft keyboard appears.

2. Press (without releasing) the mouse button on the keyboard. You can hear the wave data

being edited or a synthesizer (AWM or FM) sound.

When you click on the MIDI soft keyboard while it is active, the note name of the

corresponding pitch is displayed in the Note box in the status bar.

£The items set in the [MIDI] menu for the MIDI channels, velocity, transpose and program change numbers

take effect.

£You can choose the tone generator (RAM, AWM, or FM) that is to produce the sound or change the

volume balance between RAM/AWM and FM in the OPL4 Drive Panel. For more information on the OPL4 Drive

Panel, see pages 14 and 42.

Setting MIDI Parameters

When you use the MIDI soft keyboard, you need to set MIDI parameters, such as the MIDI

channel or the velocity, as you would when using a normal external MIDI keyboard.

You can set the parameters by the following procedure. While the MIDI Soft Keyboard window

is active, click [Instrument] from the [MIDI] menu. Choose the program change number that

you want to sound (instrument voice and wave data). Also use [Parameters] to set values,

such as for the MIDI send channel and the velocity. For details, see page 45.

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Yamaha Sound Edge Owner's Manual Page 61